Dr. Bruce's Levity Zone

In part 2 of the conversation with the Madre, mother nature, we reply back to her inquiry. The message? It is much needed information on the planetary state of us monkeys, her most promising yet problematic progeny. Why have this conversation? We may be considered crazy, but the survival of us, and all of Earth's life beyond its heat death in the distant future may rest in the balance. If the Madre can help us, we can help the Madre and there is truly reason for hope. Credits: Bruce Damer (speaker, intro, editing), Chris Aman (editing, musical overlay), Mystical Sun, William and Arturo (music), Jacob Aman (art). [released 12 June 2013].

There is reason for hope as I take you on a very personal voyage into a lifelong quest for contact with nature and the biosphere: the Madre. She is the entity that for me represents the sentient yet very alien presence that is the planetary living bolus, The following interview, conducted in Sierra Madre, Califonria in November 2012, is the first of two parts in what became a conversation with the Madre. It is a drama of the evolution and the fight for the soul and survival of us monkeys and the Madre herself. Credits: Bruce Damer (speaker, intro, edit), Chris Aman (editing), Mystical Sun, William and Bruce Damer (music), Jacob Aman (art). [released 24 May 2013].

Journey to the beautiful valley of Ojai in Southern Californa where Dr. Bruce engages an intimate audience in the first Ojai Salon at the visionary compound of Jeffrey Harris near where J. Krishnamurti sat under the teaching tree.Come now with us in an inner journey from our insectivore primate ancestors 90 million years ago all the way out to the first flash of the total conscious manifesting rendering of the cosmos in our own minds in our own time. Credits: Dr. Bruce Damer (speaker, intro, edit), Jeffrey Harris (host), Mystical Sun (music), Jacob Aman (art). [released 2 May 2013].

Introducing a new voice to the levity zone: John Suntiger, a visual projection artist, and community and environmental activist who takes us on his profound life's journey through dis-ease, disease from Childhood to a terrifying hang gliding accident and beyond. John truly paid his dues and has emerged a strong advocate and practitioner of the circle. As Lorenzo Hagerty and Dr. Bruce initiated last year in programs about the life of Terence McKenna, the time of the mostly white male guru on stage is now, thankfully, being replaced by circles of sharing, of healing, of exploration and of the creation of a new world. John has formed a powerful circle in his community and will tell us how that came about and how you might find your own destiny in the circle.

The second half of a talk by Dr. Kaushik about how the energy moves through our internal universe. He addresses the original audience question about how to handle sexual energy. Next, he explores how when we relate to the universe through thought we become isolated in aloneness. When thought comes to an end, and we face the full void of loneliness it is only there, free of mind, that love has the space to grow to the point you become the energy. In this state all centers are one, and you have become a total human being.

Dr. Kaushik reveals how the energy moves within the universe inside each of us and gets caught up as tension. This tension is the source of all of our needs and ills and to move beyond it is to become a new kind of human being. Recorded Ithaca, NY, 1978. Find many more talks by Dr. Kaushik linked off our site at DrBruce.org/podcasts. Music by Mystical Sun titled: Place of Refuge from his new album 26000.

Dr. Bruce introduces Dr. Kaushik. Credits: Students of Dr. K (digitizing this session from Ithaca, NY, 1978), Cynthia Copple (photo), Bruce Damer (editing, introducer), MysticalSun (music).

Dr. Bruce entered into Sudarshan Kriya yoga breathwork to find how one may hold the visionary state. Credits: Bruce Damer (author and reader), Chris Adams (music), Chris Aman (editing), Jacob Aman (art).

Dr. Bruce Damer's first talk at the first Palenque Norte, Burning Man, August 2003. Credits: Lorenzo Hagerty (event), Jake McDonald (cover art, music mix), Ankur Dnyanmote, ChaosLab, Arturo and Kianna Alarid Cameron/Svamps (music).

Naeem at the Source, a visionary journey experienced by Dr. Bruce when leaving Pakistan in June 2012. Recorded by Saad Zia and Dr. Bruce in Islamabad, Pakistan, Nov 2012. Credits: Chris Aman (edit, music)

Genesis Engines, a discussion on the origins of life held at Palenque Norte, Burning Man, Aug 30, 2012. Credits: Tom Riedel (recording), Kianna Alarid Cameron and Svamps (music), Chris Aman (edit)